It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

